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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1929-01-17, Page 6Canada '.Did Weil in All grouches' of Sport j„iuring the Past Year and Upheld Our Country's Laurels OLYMPIA REVIEW The year 1928 was a glorious Olympic one fol.' Canada. The Dominion sent otorsess to Amsterdam, Holland, a small band of athletes, who 'carried off some of the principal events of the track competi- tions, and during the winter sent over the. Toronto Grads hockey toani which. won world honors. The bright star of the Canadian team, and in fact the whole Olympic Games was Percy ,Williams, 18 -year- old Vancouver schoolboy, who startled the athletic world by taking not only the hundred; metres race, but also the two hundred. The Canadian sprinter was not the only one who took a world's title for Canada. Miss Ethel Catherwood, a Saskatoon girl, who isat present liv- ing in Toronto, had little' difficulty in capturing the ' women's . high jump event; settng a world's record at the time. Canada's women . athletes led the other` countries in total points at the endof the games. Besides Miss Cath- erwood's win, there was the victory of the Canadian women's relay team, niso 111 world record time. Miss Fanny Rosenfeld, Canada, was just nosed out iu the 100 metres run, while Miss E. Smith, Canada, took third place. Miss E. Robinson, of the United States, won the final. Another Canadian who did remark- ably well, and who, many consider, is the; best 400 metre roan running today, Is Jimmy Ball, of Winnipeg.' .Ile ran second to Ray Barbuti in the final. Canada's men's team ranked ninth among 44 eomitted's,'while the ladies' term ranked first: Joe Wright, :Jr., of Toronto, did not win the. Olympic" sculling .champion- scrip,, being beaten out in the semi- finals by a man he had formerly de- featetd. ;But Joe did cop the classic Diatom] • Sculls at the famous Henley Regatta, in England, something he had tried o•ice before to do without t success. Collett, the Englishman, beat him in 1927, but Joe Wright got his revenge this year by winning in smart fashion from his rival --However it seesus to be a case of turn about with these two, for when they went to Amsterdam for the Olympic Games, it was Collett, who eliminated the Cana- dian hope from the competition In the semi-final round. It was a keen dis- appointment to this country and it surprised others, because Wrighthad made a big impression in his work- outs. orkouts. Just what beat hint it is hard to say but reports came that he had the more difficult lane to negotiate when he met Collett.' The Australian Bob Pierce was the eventual winner. While Canada won the Olympic hockey championship, the cohntry which carried off most honors in the winter sports of the Olympics was Norway. The intrepid northerners were easily the eless of the field com- peting in this part of the Olympic Program.' Echoes of the Olypmic Games were heard at the annual meeting of the A.A.U. 'ot 0,, 'just collelttded, when charges were made against committee members of Dr. Lamb, retiring press. dent: After a stormy session the row was straightened out ao that neither side was censured. Prof. Thos. I;ou don, Toronto, was elected the now A.A.E. president. Prof. Thos,' Loudon, .of 'University of Toronto, 'was named a8 the succes- sor to,Dr. A. R. Lamb, se president of the union, while the vice-presidents were elected as follows representing the different provinces: A. B. Cheese - man, Alta.; Archie provinces,: Mau.; Chas. Higginbottom, Coterie; Major D. Stuart Forbes, Que.; -Jack Hamil- ton, Sask.; Major Sid. Wilson, Thun- der Bay; D. Webb, Maritimes; Geo. Pushman, Ottawa Valley; Claude Ro- binson, abinson, Winnipeg, and John Leslie, Edmond, were re•eleeted treaeurer and secretary. respectively, It was decided to hold the British Empire Games at I3amilton in 1930. With the Golfers , There was one scan who holds two of the main titles following his efforts during the year. This ip Leo Diego!, who besides winning the Canadian open captured the United States pro- fessional Goiters' Association compe- titien. In both he defeated the strong- est professional talent on the conti- nent, and, he might be looked upon as the outstanding pro of 1928. In whining the Canadian open championship, Diegel accomplished a feat that has never been accomplished before, namely that et winning the honors for the third time. He did not come bome a winner in 1927, but the taro previous years he did. This year he had the strongest field to face that has ever contested the tournament. Against such men as Waiter Hagen, most colorful of all the pros, and for this reason known- as the "Babe" Ruth of golf, and Archie Compston, former British open titleholder, -who has on occasion beaten Hagen and other, great stars, Riegel was battling with the best. Hagen and Compston. gave' him a great battle until near the. end. One of themost popular golfers in the Dominion won the Canadian ams tour title when "Sandy" Somerville, London Hunt Club, came through with colors flying in the final at Sumni r- lea. Don Carrick, Toronto, earned a place on Canada's Olympic boxing team and so'did not defend his title this summer. Somerville's victory. was his second In the championship. He also made a brilliant showing in the U. S. amateur play. For still another year the Canadian women's• crown is being worn by an invader fromacross the border, Miss Virginia Wilson took'it over this time through her win in the final over Miss Peggy Wattles, from Buffalo. The Canadian Senior Women's Golf: Association sixth annual champion- ship. held over the course of the Toronto 'Golf Club was won by Mrs. Sidney Jones, 'Toronto G. C., for the third time in six years. She first gathered the titular honors in Mont- real in 1923 and then followed this victory up with a'triumph in the an- ntial, play in 1926 at Ottawa. George 5, Lyon, Lambton, Torouto, several times holder of the Canadian ainateur title, Won the Dominion se- nior championship in the annual three-day meet • this summer for', his ninth victory in eleven. years. A Boxing Review The heavyweight championship place is vacant, but not so the light- heavyweight one. Tommy. Loughran holds this, and he is one champion who has shown himself ready to fight', at any time. a As usual there are a few differences of opinion between the New York Boxing Commission! and the National Box Association, but as Canada still is affiliated with the latter body, their champions are recognized here. Mickey Wacker is still the middle. weight champion, Joe Dundee holds the welterweight crown, Sammy Mian - dell is king of the lightweights, Cor poral Izzy Swartz stands at the head of the bantams, while the flyweight throne is retained by Frankie Genaro, wlf retained his title in a bout with the Canadian Frenchie' Belanger, of Toronto, thief autumn, but in a bout that was not for the championship in Salem, Mass.; was givouaa good lick- ing by another Canadian, Iiid Giroux, There was some. changes in the Canadian situation. Kid Roy was the sufferer in the change. The Mont- realer, outrealer, who held two of the Dominion's profesaional crowns, Iost ono' of them during the autumn. He had formerly been featherweight champion, but a young English Hebrew, Al. Foreman, finally gat a bout with him and gave Roy the worst beating of lats.-career, knocking him out in the fourth round of their bout in :Montreal. It was then' thought that Roy was through altogether, but he proved that the was still the best featherweight when he travelled to the Pacific Coast and defeated Vic Foley, his chief rival, again. Roy was really fighting as a junior lightweight when he met Foreman, being just above the feather- weight limit at thea time. There was another . surprising change, and it came through the me- dium of a foul. It was when George I'ifield lost his welterweight cham- pionship to George Siddera of Mont- real. While the young Montrealer, after a sojourn getting experience in the United States, showed himself to be a much improved boy, it did not seem at the beginning of his bout: at Montreal; with Mehl, of Toronto, that he was tough enough for the latter. But when Fifield had Sidders is bad shape, he started pounding him with, a rabbit punch as he sank to his knees, and the title was awarded to Sidders. Larry Galata, the big colorist fighter, who gained much of his experience fighting on the European continent, was named by the Canadian body as heavyweight champ. He now makes his home in Toronto. Frenchy Belan- ger is the bantamweight champion, while the flyweight laurels were awarded to a youngster troth Quebec City named Joe Villeneuve. For a time after the annual meeting of the National Boxing Association it looked as though Caanda might break her affiliation with that organization, as no Caandian was named on the board. It had really been the turn of a Canadian, Mr. Murphy, of Toronto, to be president. It was claimed how- ever that the constitution would have to be amended before this could be possible. There was talk of Canada breaking away and forming a . new alliance with the New York Commis- sion but this came to nothing. For a while however there was a merry ex- change of anything but pleasantries between the Canadian heads and those of the N. B. A. aaaar , With the Pomp '""'l"; Edward F. Seagram, Waterloo, Ont., horseman, once again led the Cana- dian owners during the past .year. f The Seagram colors were seen on many tracks both in the United States and Canada, and they were cer- tainly very successful. In Canada alone the Seagram horses earned for their owner nearly $1b0,000, the exact figures, after the Dominion 'season, being $98,866. And furthermore he Italy's Dictator in a. Unusual Pose THE FAMiLY'OF MUSSOLINI ALL TOGETHER Left to right; Siguora Edda Mussolini, Romano,' Bruno and Vittorio, the three' sons, Benito daughter,,..Edda. We wonder if Italy's "Napoleon:" poison" ,is putting his hand on his aucceasor. Mussolini and h1s did remarkably well 'on the United' Status turf. , Up to the time of writing Seagram was 'fifth on the continent in purse money won– Iris- total earnings, for the year up to December were about $170,000, The biggest money winner for the. Seagrams was Young Kitty, which' captured among other events, the his - torte King's Plate at Woodbine's spring meetingin oronto. While the Canadian establishment of Seagram led the owners on the soil of the Dominion, the runuer-up was front across the border. He was Walter . J. Salmon, noted Nevi York turfman, who earned with his -Cana- dian string $29,8770 While, be was • second in money won, he was a far 1 cry from the top owner. Owner Hef- fering's Therneliffe Stable, of Toronto, was third in the list. Altogether there wore t:wetny-two stat 310,000 or more during the summer racing, ` Jockey Frankie, , Mann., with 77 wins, 560 seconds and 56 thirds, Ied the jockeys who rode in Canada. 1'. McInnes was next with 77 victories also, but only 40 seconds and 50 thirds. As the latter had not se many mounts as Mann, his percentage was slightly better. The best percentage was ob- tained by Jocltey -11I. Fishman, who out. of 104 mounts, had 27 winters, tor a percentage of .26. No records In riding during the season were broken however. • W. G. Campbell, the popular Tor- onto owner and trainer, who cam- paigns to a great extent on the inde- peudent courses throughout the east, carried off the traiing honors. He saddled 34 winners, topping W. J. Donohue, who had 30. Hockey With the Toronto Grads overseas at the Ciampic Games, there was no chance for them to retain their Allan Cup title. • Turn about is fair play, and this past season the Allan Cup went to the West, University of Manitoba coming East to beat the Montreal Victories hockey, championship.. It. was' a spectacular series, with the Province of Quebec represented in the finals for the cup for the first time in many years. Vice won the opening game 2 to 0, but lost the next two 6-3 and 1-0. Window Trellis With Gay Vine a �� ecorative Hardy: Annuals Offer Wide Choice for Nature Lov- ers; Many Bloom Brightly - fl Y Where cut flowers prove too expen- sive for, home decoration and where conditions do not favor the growingaa2 blooming plants, the nature lover can be satifled by the use of many inter- esting vines. Little trellises' are easily built of slender wooden strips not more than ane -half inch wide and one-quarter inch thick to fit in around the window and; can be painted or stained to har-I monize with the woodwork and appear part of the general "trim." This win accommodate any of the annual or the hardy vines that can be grown indoors. English ivy, of course, is one that thought, as it will succeed in any north window and remain green and lovely throughout the year. It is not expensive and needs only to be kept from drying out to remain a thing of beauty. In timft it will form a frame completely around the win- dow and be especially lovely from without. The cup -and -saucer vine (cobaea scandens), with its large beilshapod blooms in purple, gree nand white, while an annual is good for indoors and will quickly frame a window. The seeds should be set on edge and bare- ly covered with the soil. German ivy also is good•to train around windows. The Wandering Jew is more inter- esting placed in a pbt or vase, where it can. droop.. A1, second flowering vine is the thunbergia alata, which has charming dowers of yellow, orange and white with interesting dark cen- tres. This also is bettor when allow- ed to droop. Both the Thunbergia and the Cobae being in reality perennials. though grovin as annuals, can be raised from seed and, if started now, can be trans- ferred later to the garden, allowed to remain for a season and be brought back into the house again next,fall. The slmple.morning' glory,. however, ' The Stanley Cup, Surprises came one after another before tl}e crowning of the worlds professional hockey champions of 1923. The eventual winners of the title were the New niter Rangers, the first eastern club 10 carry the historic Stanley Cup across the other side of the border. The Rangers finished -second in the United States section of the National Hockey League, behind Boston bruins. The latter team was figured as the etrongest'of the•divisiou, and experts looked upon the aeiotory of the livision, and experts looked -upon the victory of the Rangers in their sec- tional play-off as a distinct upset. Again in the international section; the dying Caandians were eliminated by, the Montreal Maroons, a result that caused probably more than mild surprise: But the winners of the lat- tera group were figured to hold . the tanley Cup on this side of the bor• der, were they Canadious or Maroons &i"even Ottawa.' . Heavenly Peace Doctor—"When You take your wife's temperature she . must ,place the thermometer under her tongue and keep her mouth dosed for two min. "Slot Wing'UsefUl II vice I'rs success in'' Ontario izl -tine Forest, Service—Other' Aviation Notes plie slotted Wing has been found particularly useful In -landing on water, according to Captain W. ll Maxwell, • Director of Provincial Avia tion for Ontario, Sixteen De Ravi land Moths have been fitted with till device and used with 'success In the Forest Service patrols over Country where lauding` fields ;are scarce and lakes are, plentiful. • It is well known among niers tha a pilot finds it almost impossible t judge his distance when coming'dow for a landing on dead calm water, is les» there is a ripple 'or somethin else to serve as a.guide, He is'ap. under such circumstances, to di into the water or to make a "pan cake" landing from too great a height with resulting damage to the plan and danger to himself, In avoiding this danger the slot have proved themselves 'most e tient in 'the Ontario; Forest `Servioe as they enable a pilot to "flatten out ten. Peet or more above the water an "pdncake" down without the leas danger to himself. Veorld Aircraft Show The British will hold an - interna tional aircraft exhibition at Olympia London, next summer from: July 16 t Age Versus rt:ut In British Busin New Men Force. a Relucta Glider Generation to Adopt Modern Methods London.—A fight le on In Englat'' between yout hand age. The old;', generation in business le opposed - youth, but the young business me laugh at the. ofd -timers and tell .the s .new blood is needed' more than a,r thing else if England is to ;surpi'; commercially, The old men reply, til England was the 'Icing -pin long hem generation wan heard of and ti t what was- good enough for, supren o acy in the Victorian ago is goo n enough for today and even for tomo "r n.. row. g This attitude on the part of father t, and grandfathers is indisputably z div 'cause of many of England's`economii ills, and much of her unemployment can be traced almost directly to hor- e, adherence to worn out methods. But the old are in the saddle and they are s putting up a gallant fight. The result ffi 14 that much needed new blood, ad-- , veined ideas, now methods, a coin- ' prehensive study cof the needs and d wants of prospective buyers, improved t ,methods of producing' aid marketing and, in fact, much that makes for sue; cess. today,. is stopped short. Grand= father; made money without -a stenog- rapher, a,' typewriter, an adding ma- ' chine or a' cash register. He became 27 under the, auspices of the British can be grown easily from seeanAircraft Constructois,'working in con- Grandfather was never known to be in a rich man :without transuoting busi- news by telephone' or tpiegraDIL d d • comes now in very choice varieties, junction, with the Society of Motor a hurry. He sees little to be gained. one a lovely pale blue, and will, do Manufacturers and Traders. The Air by up+to-date improvements. And the well in sunny window: Ministry has announced that- the sad part of it, front the viewpoint of Royal Air Force will hold its annual the younger generation, is that: grand-, Nasturtiums are annuals that come to bloom in a very little while and will ,continue, in flower through the rest of the season. A half dozen seeds in a eingleasix-inch pot set each side of the wittdowwould quickly cover the trellis as described above. For Immo- mediate results, however, and espe- cially in shaded places, your florist can provide the smilax which will grow to ten feet and trained to climb on a string. Also it will have fragrant flowers that make it doubly accept- able. charges for dual-' flying are $12 an The common sweet potato, set in a hour in the Montreal Light Airplane bottle of water or more ornamental Club. There the average student vase in a light window, will quickly solos eight bours and then gets his i send up a long, lovely vine with the private license in about five hours of most interesting foliage. It is no ex- solo Right, at total cost of about $200. pense whatever and quite worth while training manoeuvres two weeks later, father is still the "boss." starting on July 13, in. order to aid :The governing boards of- a great the exhibition by calling public atten- many heavily capitalized railroads Mien to actual flying operations. The and industrial concerns in Great Air. Ministry has also promised to Britain are dominated by the older place a large exhibit on view. men:. The very word "standardize- Airplane Clubs in Canada tion" is anathema to ahem: Mass Canada now has thirty-seven light production Is despised,' airplane club6, most of which have There are some business houses so been organized during the past year. old-fashioned that they 'take • great The Dominion Government furnishes pride in the fact that they have never fifteen planes for their use. The spent a peony for advertising. The fact that dividends are lessening all the time while other houses fn •tbo same business aro flourishing does not move them. -There must' be some mysterious reason for the falling off in trade. We must have fallen on dull times. Why an elevator to make the journey to an upper floor easier for a customer? This house has been auccessful since 1721 without such a thing and we won't have it now. Why motor cars for 200 years. And so 1t goes --old brings must be best be - coo they have stood the test of time, • Certain it is that the resentment against new machinery and methods is largely due to the fact that much of the science of production and die, tribution originated itt America. An Englishirlan will, say that Americans ware busy lighting savages when ;his Mira was me Mug money. Tie en admit that there is anything het teat than English methods, Sentimentally this is flue, but It Is regarded as poor business. The younger men know it is poor business. They fully realize that in order to survive they must take the plunge into modernity, must espouse the best method as against establish• ad methods. Reduction in costs Svith- out loss of merit is the aim of the younger generation. • 3sults, When we think of how even little cbildren enjoy green things growing „we should realize how much pleasure we can thus give to others, while at the same time making our own living rooms distinctive in reflecting the per- sonality of the occupants. The training for the commercial licenses does not come within the scope of the activities of this type or organization, ' New Canadian Airports St. Catharines, Brantford, Niagara Falls and Windsor, have new air - Ports or are putting the . finish- ing touches to sites purchased for the purpose. East of Toronto ports are being built at Oshawa, Brockville and Famine in the Coalfie Saturday Review (London): lds The Peterboro,, Sarnia, also has an worst .of relief, inexpressibly urgent airport, Ontario is developing a. and necessary though it be, le only chain' of airports, of which it has the immediate half of the problem. several Sn Northern Ontario, where The vast majority of the men now un- alining and transport companies op - employed in the coalfields can never erste, but few in the settled ,parts of go back into the pits; the fundamental the Province: Toronto has as yet no ,`cask is to get the workless population ; municipal airport, though . she has 'transfer'red to other trades and other three fields in use north of the• city. 1 areas, and beside that task the mat Grouse By Plana ter of relief, complicated and gigantic Grouse are being served in Loudon as it 10, becomes simple and almost this season within a few hours after insignificant. they are shot on the Scottish moors. At Manchester, birds shot in the morn- ing are served in restaurants at noon. Tao birds aro rushed by airplane to landing fields and from there sent to the larger hotels by delivery wagons. 3. Post -Graduate You taught me how to love. It is an art ' In whioh you've always shown the greatest skill! Your pupils (if your teaching does not kill) Are widely versed in matters of the heart. A Bright Idea. I'm just a poor weak,womaul She whimperod with a sniffle;. And he, with great amnion, Replied to herr "Oh, piffle!" If you feel that way, why not wed? "in union, there 15 strength," he said. Another oddity in the English langu- age: A new airplane device switches on a ground light to light the ground so the machine can light on the ground: TALENTED AUTHOR OF "THE MAGIC ISLAND" stone." "I can't do that, it is tote -Mr.: Jones—"Haven't you one that W. B. Seabrook, the first white man to participate in .the biood rites of I learned too readily perhaps, whereat You made decision that my course should be A very short one—I have my degree. I would cease loving now. Pray teach me that! -B, Y. Williams Smoking Imperially South Wales. Post (Swansea) The sensational foreign purchases 'ef South Africa are well advertised. The exceedingly large amount of other British- goods which is sent to the. Cape is not so well known. On the other hand, we take less than three - eights of South Africa's own exports, though we are now accustomed to see South African fruit in . our shops, where, a few years ago, we never came in contact with. south African produoo directly at all. The tobacco of the Cape as moreover winning great 0 Ancient Nunter Gets Last Wish Rider Killed Hunting Witl Prince of Wales; Horse Crushes Man Eager to Die in Chase Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire England—The hunt of the Beivo hounds with which the Prince o Wales rode recently was marked be tragedy, the death of the premium hunting man, William Wroughton o Melton Mowbray, His horse fell & a high fence and roiled on 11im, 4 other rider who fell at the same fent escaped injury. - Mr. Wroughton was former mast:, of the Pytchiey hunt.., The accidenttook place not ft from where the Prince of Wales •wal,' riding, but the Prince himself did nc witness the fall, Mr. Wroughton, who was more that 70 years old, has had a number minor hunting accidents during tl last three seasons and had expressi the wish that when his time cane die it would be in the hunting field The body was placed on a gate ar- farm hands carried it to the roe The riderless horse, which was se`K popularity. Whether we are begin- ously injuredon the foreleg, to ning to think Imrerially: is a matter fright and stumbled away. for aonsect-are; we are certainly be- ginning to smoke Imperially. . A --- woman, bad put on her husband's bunt was immediately abandoned f tombstone. "Best in peace:' When the day when his death becaa she found he had left her nothing she known. went to the stoma/won. "I want. you The Priihce er Wales as soohn as Mr. Wroughton was regarded among the first ten men of Engle in his skill at riding to hounds. T to take ofii'Rest in' peace' on that heard or the accident, rode hard the scene, but he did not reach until after Ma Wroughten's body h been removed. The Prince then we to the pciclalcok wirers the injur horse had. been taken. deeply enc: -I semi adt7 a little under- takes half an hour?" the Haiti' with the "Quanga" little bags of silk, to ward -•o22 evil, neatl." "Then pit£, `Till I Come','t S'MA'TTER POP— VWeLI_,Iva 1Saam TeLt. 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